Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh voted onto International Olympic Committee
MUMBAI – Malaysia's Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh was voted onto the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday.
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RCBC and Hungarian FinTech partnership opens doors to OFW digital banking
Taguig, Philippines – The Philippines’ first embedded finance initiative for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) through the collaboration between Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) and Hungary-based fintech Peak Card Services Ltd. (Peak) and Columbus Private Equity Fund (Columbus) was announced during the series of events organized for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Hungary-Philippines diplomatic relations in Manila. The partnership would soon enable OFWs to download the Peak mobile app with RCBC embedded digital banking platform, allowing them to open an RCBC peso and Hungary foreign accounts in a single app assisting them in managing their finances while working abroad and supporting their family back home.
More Pinoys opting to work in Spain
MANILA, Philippines — More Filipinos who are touring or already working in Europe are now opting to work in Spain, according to a migration expert.
Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’ Sells Worldwide Ahead of North American Premiere at NYFF
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The Match Factory has sold Sofia Coppola‘s “Priscilla” to distributors worldwide, the sales agency revealed Friday ahead of its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last month, and won the Coppa Volpi award for best actress for Cailee Spaeny’s performance. Adding to the previously announced sales in France (ARP SAS), The Match Factory has secured distribution in Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Spain (Elastica Films and BTeam Pictures), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), CIS (Capella Film), Scandinavia and Iceland (Nordisk Film), Poland (Best Film), Greece (Spentzos Film), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Baltics (Kino Pavasaris), Hungary (ADS), Middle East and North Africa (Front Row Filmed Ent.), Israel (Lev Cinemas), former Yugoslavia (MCF Megacom), Ukraine (Arthouse Traffic), Japan (GAGA Corporation), Taiwan (Moviecloud) and worldwide airline distribution (Echo Lake Distribution).
The Match Factory Unveils Raft Of Deals For ‘Priscilla’ Ahead Of North American Premiere At NYFF
The Match Factory has announced a raft of world sales for Sofia Coppola’s biopic Priscilla ahead of its North American premiere as the Centrepiece selection of the New York Film Festival on Friday.
Venice bus crash: At least 21 people killed
ROME (AP) — At least 21 people were killed and 18 injured in a fiery bus crash in a borough of Venice, Italy, across the lagoon from its historic center, where firefighters and other emergency responders worked into the night trying to extract bodies and squelch the flames.
Kariko, Weissman win Nobel for mRNA Covid vaccines
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Katalin Kariko of Hungary and Drew Weissman of the United States won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that paved the way for Covid-19 vaccines.
Time to rest for Asian pole vault king
HANGZHOU — After winning the Asian Games gold medal in record fashion last Saturday, EJ Obiena will get something he truly deserves: time to rest.